These are the current and upcoming declared dividend pay dates and amount(s) expected from each stock (usually projected on the ex-dividend date, or after market close the prior trading day).

These amounts are a compilation from all of our accounts, so some is taxable, some is tax-deferred, but most is tax-free. If you check out my Expected dividend spreadsheets you can see how it all breaks down, or you could just read my posts and look at the screenshots (ooooh, pretty pictures!).

The table, charts, and dial of monthly dividends since inception as found on my Dividends Received page on my blog follows;

Following are the recent & upcoming declared ex-dividend dates and amounts that allow me to project dividend income (Amounts shown are dividends per share), and the dividends I have projected to receive (that’s so far, and the actual amounts received may vary slightly from the projections and will be corrected when received);

The above amounts are subject to change due to sales/acquisitions of shares during the month and new dividend declarations/increases/reductions, etc.

Merrill Edge estimated income

I ended 2017 with $14,428.58 for the year, which is lower than the 2016 total of $21,007.34 by $6,578.76. I ended 2016 with $21,007.34 for the year, which is lower than the 2015 total of $29,054.25 by $8,046.91. Most of this dividend income is now untaxed, though.

The 2015 total of $29,054.25 is higher than the 2014 total of $26,936.57 by $2,117.68, which is higher than the 2013 total of $25,265.03 by $1,671.54, and is almost double my first year total of $14,331.13 for 2012, which is when I first transitioned to dividend investing for income.

Dividend paying issues that I hold mostly pay monthly dividends.

Amounts reported as “interest” are, for the most part, actually money market dividends & have risen quite dramatically since last year, and have recently fallen by about half before recovering (again!)! Still way above FDIC Insured Cash: 0.01% APY.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE AND REMEMBER THIS!

I’m not telling anyone to buy anything or giving anyone any advice, because that’s illegal. You see, I have no letters after my name, like RIA, CFA, etc. I SIMPLY DO NOT GIVE ADVICE. I only tell (and show!) what I do. You, like me, are all alone in this.